Michelle Williams to Campaign for Lead Actress for 'The Fabelmans'

[scriptedending]

Michelle Williams to Campaign for Lead Actress for ‘The Fabelmans,’ Supporting Race Now Wide Open https://t.co/U1vypInkTQ
- Variety (@Variety) September 21, 2022

Michelle Williams, playing the mother of the main character in Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans, is reportedly set to campaign as a lead rather than as a supporting actress, a move

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[just444]

Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

01. Michelle Williams - The Fabelmans (91.53%)
02. Jessie Buckley - Women Talking (63.56%)
03. Jean Smart - Babylon (55.08%)
04. Claire Foy - Women Talking (53.39%)
05. Stephanie Hsu - Everything Everywhere All at Once (38.14%)

06. Laura Dern - The Son (31.36%)
07. Janelle Monaé - Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (20.34%)
08. Nina Hoss - Tár (16.95%)
09. Sadie Sink - The Whale (16.10%)
10. Vanessa Kirby - The Son (15.25%)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

01. Cate Blanchett - Tár (93.41%)
02. Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once (89.01%)
03. Margot Robbie - Babylon (80.77%)
04. Olivia Colman - Empire of Light (65.38%)
05. Naomi Ackie - I Wanna Dance with Somebody (40.70%)

06. Ana de Armas - Blonde (29.12%)
07. Danielle Deadwyler - Till (20.88%)
08. Viola Davis - The Woman King (10.44%)
09. Jennifer Lawrence - Causeway (8.24%)
10. Emma Thompson - Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (7.14%)

Supporting is really empty

[just444]

The Son got terrible reviews from the festivals, so we can ditch them. same for Sadie Sink.

Re: Supporting is really empty

[daijouboo]

Yeah I have no interest whatsoever in The Whale.

Re: Supporting is really empty

[just444]

same. the reviews were actually pretty ok, but it just sounds like misery porn to me

Re: Supporting is really empty

[daijouboo]

Yeah, I like Brendan Fraser but I don't need to see him in a fat suit, frantically masturbating to porn until he almost has a heart attack.

Re: Supporting is really empty

[miwa201]

hong chau got universal praise along with brendan so she might get in but ngl i laughed at some of the sadie pans

Re: top10 from awardsworthy

[scriptedending]

Empire of Light also had mixed reviews. Obviously the Academy loves Olivia so that could get her in, but if it's not a great movie and she's not great in it, I could see her missing the nomination there.

After seeing the trailers, Danielle Deadwyler seems like a much more likely pick than Naomi Ackie.

I think Margot is a wildcard at this point.

Re: top10 from awardsworthy

[hallyujah]

I can see Jean Smart winning if Michelle category jumps. The Oscars love films about Hollywood so I don't think they'll resist the bait, she has a storied career and a lot of recent goodwill from Hacks. I think Monae buzz could very well lead her to a nom.

On the lead actress side, I feel Ackie prob isn't gonna stay top 5. Idk I just feel like Ana de Armas and Viola KNOW how to campaign brilliantly and J-Law and Emma Thompson are big names that Oscars love. Cate and Michelle Yeoh are already nomination locks it seems.

[kimagination]

wild to me that laura dern apparently has twice the shot at supporting as vanessa kirby when vanessa has been the only consistently praised performance from the son but i don't think either of them are going to be nominated

Re: top10 from awardsworthy

[chllschse]

I’m pissed at Thandiwe Newton being overlooked for her wonderful work in God’s Country. Ugh. Also, I saw the trailer for I Wanna Dance with Somebody - and I’m not buying Naomi Ackie as Whitney.